Arrest
Arrest verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Make
Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
How words are described
| good | good arrest | good make |
| physical | physical arrest | physical make |
| particular | particular arrest | particular make |
| perfect | perfect arrest | perfect make |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, big, bad, quick, easy, major, possible, last, oldest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He says that he has made some mistakes as a detective, and that good guys and bad guys can both make mistakes, but a bad guy only has to make one mistake for the good guys to find him and arrest him.
Source: Evil Only Has to Win Once - It's a world where Al Capone would still be caught for tax evasion instead of murder, but you could make a heck of an adventure out of the investigation and arrest if you wanted.
Source: Adventure-Friendly World - Producers had bought his excuses for a previous arrest for drunk driving and had attempted to make allowances for him to attend rehab, but his second arrest was the last straw for them.
Source: Role Ending Misdemeanor
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